Slavery+and+the+Quest+for+Freedom


 * Essential Questions: **
 * 1) How did the African slave trade develop and what were the roles of those involved?
 * 2) What was the role of the Islamic slave trade in Africa?
 * 3) How did the discovery of the Americas change the slave trade in Africa?

Common Core Standards:

Student Objectives:


 * Key Terms and People: **
 * Chattel
 * Triangular slave trade
 * Middle Passage
 * Nat Turner
 * Frederick Douglass
 * Sojourner Truth
 * Harriet Tubman

Students will work with a partner or in a group of 3 to choose from the additional readings list and conduct research on the reading. Students will present their findings to the greater classroom "teaching" the class what they have learned about the subject.
 * Activities and Assessments: **


 * Additional Readings: **
 * Excerpt from "Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, A Native of Africa"
 * Excerpt from "The Journal of a Dutch Slaver"
 * Excerpt from "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African"
 * Phyllis Wheatley (various texts)
 * David Walker's Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World
 * Benjamin Banneker's Letter to Thomas Jefferson
 * The Amistad Case (Movie option)
 * The Case of Dred Scott
 * John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry